Request on short-chained chlorinated paraffins

Reference:

Background:

At its sixth meeting, the Committee discussed the draft risk profile and the proposed conclusions, but was unable to take a decision because of uncertainties in applying the criteria specified in Annex E to the Stockholm Convention.

At its seventh meeting, the Committee discussed the application of the criteria specified in Annex E to the Convention to short-chained chlorinated paraffins and considered the outcome of the case study on toxicological interactions of chlorinated paraffins. The Committee agreed to establish an ad hoc working group to revise the relevant parts of the draft risk profile to incorporate information on toxicological interactions of chlorinated paraffins for consideration by the Committee at its eighth meeting, and to compile issues and principles to be applied in the interpretation of the Annex E criteria for consideration by the Committee at its eighth meeting.

Request:

Parties and observers are invited to submit comments on the approach to developing a discussion paper on issues and principles to be applied in the interpretation of the Annex E criteria.